Power almost fully restored in most SouthCoast communities

BOSTON — Fewer than 4,000 utility customers remain without power in Massachusetts following the weekend snowstorm.

BOSTON — Fewer than 4,000 utility customers remain without power in Massachusetts following the weekend snowstorm.

By late afternoon Wednesday, the number of households without power was below 1 percent in all SouthCoast communities except Rochester, where 6 percent, or 147 customers, were still affected, according to NStar's power outage map.

NStar said Wednesday afternoon it had about 3,900 customers without power. Marshfield, Plymouth, Sandwich and Barnstable were among the hardest-hit communities. National Grid was down to several dozen, mostly isolated outages.

Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday that he was more satisfied with the response by the utilities than he was on the previous day, while adding that he understood the frustration of residents who are still without power.

State officials have said they will assess the response by the utilities to the storm once the restoration process is complete.